Compiled from 4 + years’ worth of data, advice, and insights
Over the past four years, I’ve written a fair share about how to be a good leader: I’ve offered leadership tips in our blog, pulling personal examples of what I’ve faced and learned. I’ve compiled leadership advice from, The Watercooler, where over 1,000 leaders have shared in our online community what’s been working (and not working) for them. And, in our workshops, where I share best practices based on 4+ years of data and insights on how to avoid becoming a bad boss.
But what’s been most popular? Here are our 10 most sought-after leadership tips, compiled from years’ worth of data, advice, and insights…
- Uncover your blind spots. Leaders are often the last people to know what’s going on. Knowing that you have blind spots — and how to see past them — is an important step in uncovering employee disengagement.
- Know when you’re slipping into the territory of becoming a bad leader. No one sets out to be a bad boss, yet somehow it happens. Here are 12 signs you’re becoming a bad manager.
- Stop feeding shit sandwiches and do this instead. This is the most deceptively difficult thing for any manager to do. We offer four techniques to master the art of delivering difficult feedback.
- Know how to ask for feedback and have effective one-on-ones with employees. Can you handle the truth? No really, can you? If you can’t, here are six ways to get honest feedback from employees during your one-on-ones.
- Take charge of these 10 things. What does being a good leader actually mean? Hint: It starts with knowing the purpose of your role.
- Build a strong team and a healthy corporate culture with icebreakers. Read our most popular icebreaker questions, which are backed by four years’ worth of data.
- Ask the right questions. Good feedback starts with good questions. When seeking feedback, ask every employee these four questions.
- Argue! It can feel draining and counterproductive, but here’s why you should argue with your employees and embrace internal conflict.
- Avoid these qualities of a bad leader. Every CEO, founder, owner and manager must be aware of the power dynamic in every situation involving employees.
- Ask these five questions. “It’s great working here,” say all of your employees. But is it really? Here are five questions to ask to honestly and effectively gauge the health of your company culture.
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